[Design] Feature request re repeat enhancements

[Mimi Yin]

Hi Keith,
Thanks for the suggestion, especially the use cases.

I've logged a design bug to keep track of this: https:// 
bugzilla.osafoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10905

Mimi

On Sep 25, 2007, at 5:05 PM, Keith Winsor wrote:

> Reposting, but this time to the correct address...
>
> Having recently migrated from DateBk5 on a now-defunct Palm to  
> Chandler on a UMPC and Tablet, one feature I'm really missing is a  
> 'repeat from check off' function.
>
> Example: our ageing grandfather clock needs winding every 6 days.  
> In DateBk, this is set up as an event repeating every 6 days, with  
> a tick in the 'from check off' box. If I can't do it on the day,  
> the overdue event continues to have 'Now' status until I get round  
> to doing it, at which point marking it as done generates a repeat  
> in six days time from now.
>
> This is ideal for those things that have to be done at regular  
> intervals, but that can slip for a day or two: give cat worm  
> tablet, check car tyre pressures, do monthly review, etc, where,  
> having slipped, you don't want to go back to the original schedule.
>
> Hope this makes sense.
>
> Keith
>
> PS Can't believe how useful even 0.7 is - it just sort of works how  
> I do!
>
>
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